tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77188835749691657292011-04-21T16:14:20.573-07:00The Bloggery of Me, Josh RedstoneJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.comBlogger371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-72495205163141346022008-10-16T08:12:00.000-07:002008-10-16T08:32:02.286-07:00

Two days ago I got to fulfill my chance to work for Elections Canada at the one of polling stations in my electoral district. It was a long day, but an interesting one too.One interesting part of my day was seeing just how bad voter turn-out actually is. I shouldn't say I was surprised by this, since the reality of poor voter turn-out is constantly drilled into our heads here in Canada during

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-42555076509767003472008-10-02T16:10:00.000-07:002008-10-02T16:17:05.714-07:00

Here is a bit of religiously inspired bigotry for you.What shocks me isn't really what he said, since I've gotten used to the fact that religious fundamentalists sometimes spout biblically inspired hate speech ever since I started outing myself to people as an atheist. No, what shocks me is how close to home this is. Sudbury is basically my home town.It's one thing to see this stuff on the CFI's

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-29681503612954330682008-10-01T17:57:00.000-07:002008-10-01T18:00:17.198-07:00

Rather than continuing on with my feeble and futile struggle to blog about godless philosophical topics in general, I think that from now on I shall simply use this blog to tell you about my somewhat interesting, humanist life...you know, the sorts of things that normal people blog about.

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-50515732485662173132008-09-19T06:14:00.000-07:002008-09-19T06:32:25.453-07:00

I love waking up in the morning to a new and exciting 'first-time' in science, like the one in this photo for instance:This is perhaps the first extra-solar planet to be directly imaged! Scientists are able to see it because it is a hot, young planet. Even more massive than Jupiter, it is still cooling whilst orbiting a young, sun like star. The heat it generates allows us to detect it by

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-4968695107818510472008-08-24T08:06:00.000-07:002008-08-24T08:42:58.333-07:00

Last Sunday I went to church for the first time in my life, upon the invitation of a friend of mine who is a regular at this particular church. Since I've never ever done anything like going to church before, and since my impressions of the occasion are still fresh in my mind, I thought it might be a nice idea to blog about it.I'm a 'natural atheist'. I was never indoctrinated into a religion

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-7386480907292480412008-07-22T11:30:00.000-07:002008-07-22T11:31:15.991-07:00

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.Exactly what the title says.

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-63496705395793828212008-06-29T11:34:00.000-07:002008-06-29T11:37:03.169-07:00

I came across this article on the Planetary Society's blog. Apparently Martian soil contains the right stuff for supporting life. Maybe one day Mars will indeed have life, our great grandchildren perhaps? (They could grow green beans in the soil!)

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-2987387181546582172008-06-21T15:40:00.000-07:002008-06-21T15:44:59.454-07:00

A long time ago, on a website far far away, there was something called The Philosopher's Cloud, which has now all but evaporated......but, there is a new Philosopher's Cloud, a place where one and all can come to contemplate life, the universe, and everything else with like and un-like minded people. Even if you who are reading this are not familiar with the first Cloud, you are invited to join

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-57861022834130936452008-06-21T11:29:00.001-07:002008-06-21T11:43:17.479-07:00

There have been some big changes in my life over the past six months. I shall spare all of you the details, suffice to say that I've been forced to sit and re-think some things. That is why, as perhaps some of my readers have noticed, I am no longer on youtube. After thinking it over, there is too much drama, and not enough serious discussion. It's just not a very good place for me to

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-67234075599893501182008-06-06T06:25:00.000-07:002008-06-06T06:29:49.824-07:00

It having been quite a long time since my last blog post, I decided it would be a neat idea to see if I had managed to maintain the number of visitors on this blog that I had in April. I went to check, and I stumbled across an advert for Scientology (which as we all know, are laugh out loud funny...always).I've inserted my own commentary into the picture:...I hope Tom Cruise doesn't sue me for

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-12318635214072181162008-06-06T06:15:00.000-07:002008-06-06T06:18:43.420-07:00

I found the link to this quite interesting piece on my history professor's blog.Now that Hillary lost the primaries, it's sort of comical...in a rather dark way I suppose.

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-13297838586302189972008-04-21T06:58:00.001-07:002008-04-21T07:28:18.384-07:00

We take it for granted that the Earth is round, and that it orbits the sun, but believe it or not there are still some people who think otherwise:Sometimes, I wonder if we really can be blamed for thinking such silly things, like that the Earth is the centre of the universe. After all, it doesn't feel like the Earth moves: if I drop an object it falls straight down, so anyone ignorant of

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-31471288917387244582008-04-20T09:22:00.000-07:002008-04-20T09:31:26.310-07:00

With all the buzz that has been going around regarding the Olympic games going to Beijing despite a long list of gripes the West has with its human rights abuses in and by China, I wasn't surprised when I came across this article on my history professor's blog:Chinese troops are on the streets of Zimbabwean city, witnesses sayFor those who aren't in the know (and that's probably not a lot of you

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-65512039158746899122008-03-25T06:36:00.000-07:002008-03-25T06:39:17.892-07:00

I have been so busy with school that I've not had much of a chance to blog about anything worthwhile. But here is another bit of science-type humour in the mean time which I stole from a friend.

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-13016334954784147972008-03-20T08:51:00.000-07:002008-03-20T08:53:23.386-07:00

Here is something a little different than usual. This is a little story about how aloof and absent-minded I can be sometimes. It happened to me yesterday evening.In my haste to attend a lecture presented by one of my professors about a certain video game of which I am rather fond, I decided to head up to the university a half an hour earlier than was necessary, in order to get a good seat.I

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-65770018118077345212008-03-14T12:03:00.000-07:002008-03-14T12:29:41.072-07:00

One of the focuses of my introductory philosophy class is on something called Transhumanism, which is really interesting stuff to be sure.The transhuman period is the name which some philosophers and scientists give to the era between the human and posthuman eras. The exact times when each of these eras actually begin and end is probably not widely agreed upon, but this is not a new problem in

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-25283583170284380132008-02-14T10:06:00.000-08:002008-02-14T10:11:46.347-08:00

I hate valentine's Day...I mean, I really, really do hate Valentine's Day. But this picture of the Rosette Nebula managed to warm up my icy heart just a little bit.Source here.

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-72241304956608580732008-02-05T08:15:00.001-08:002008-02-05T08:17:24.216-08:00

Today is Super Tuesday for all of my American chums. So, in the spirit of all that is good and American, here you go. I thought I'd share this with everyone =)

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-23784332415880340032008-01-24T08:34:00.000-08:002008-01-24T10:31:54.220-08:00

This is the immense Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31.So what's in a name? We haven't always known that the Andromeda Galaxy was, in fact, a galaxy. But for all of recorded history, that fuzzy patch of light has been sitting within the constellation of Andromeda. Constellations are not just mere patterns of stars or shapes in the sky; they are well defined regions of the sky, just like states

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-64330481007044320642008-01-21T07:13:00.000-08:002008-01-21T07:24:42.400-08:00

Before I became interested in the growing internet grassroots movement of atheists "coming out," what I loved to talk about on-line were the ideas of the 9/11 conspiracy theorists. Before I write any more blogs about this, I'd like to clarify my position. I am not a conspiracy theorist. I believe it is reasonable that more in depth studies should be done on 9/11, since the 9/11 commission did

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-34368702901346021762008-01-17T13:44:00.000-08:002008-01-17T13:50:44.814-08:00

This is perhaps the funniest news clip I've ever seen.Funny Kid Isnt Sorry About Huge Party - Watch more free videos

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-84131304997642560702008-01-14T17:12:00.000-08:002008-01-14T17:15:34.191-08:00

This is an interesting website for anyone who spends any length of time on youtube.www.tubecloud.comIt helps generate community exposure for members of youtube. Users can use the site to promote other users which they feel have something interesting to say but which don't have many subscribers or who are not appearing very high on any of youtube's honour lists.

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-1890347287345879632008-01-12T19:55:00.000-08:002008-01-17T21:23:42.459-08:00

Just a thought I had the other day...The more I try to find philosophy in small, everyday places and events, the more disappointed I become. But this disappointment is most apparent when I am browsing the internet.It really shouldn't be this way.Plato described a form of love which he called Eros (ἔρως). It describes something like 'intellectual beauty'; a passionate, spiritual feeling one gets

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-64125409073214611862008-01-11T16:56:00.000-08:002008-01-11T16:59:28.024-08:00

I've added a feature to my blog which will allow any passers by to give my blog a plug on stumbleupon.comSo if you read something interesting on my blog, it will be even easier to share it now.

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-56143586005898241472008-01-02T15:54:00.000-08:002008-01-02T16:04:23.861-08:00

I've just joined the Atheist Blogroll, a list of over 500 other atheist and agnostic blogs, which has been made possible by Mojoey.I hereby extend my thanks to Mojoey for providing this service and the addition of my blog to the blogroll :)

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-91389649024236277682007-12-29T10:11:00.000-08:002007-12-29T11:09:12.547-08:00

Over the last few months I've been thinking a lot about happiness. What is happiness? Am I happy? Might I be happy but not know it? Might it be that I am not happy; rather I just think I am? This is one of the things I've been thinking about recently which I thought I would blog about. This issue seems to come to me in two parts:First, this is something that I've been prompted to think about on

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-2276718752107605192007-12-28T20:01:00.000-08:002007-12-28T20:24:00.603-08:00

The title says it all.I want to run away with Leslie Feist and make her my Indie-Rock princess [Ms. Feist, if you are reading this, don't worry. I'm not a stalker or anything.]All joking aside, it's refreshing to find an artist such as Feist, who is talented and fun to listen to. I don't know if it's my natural aversion towards CD stores (I seem to be buying all my music online since I bought an

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-11025623002897246702007-12-17T16:33:00.000-08:002007-12-17T16:44:13.086-08:00

It is refreshing to be able to talk about something different on YouTube every now and then. Sometimes, after watching something immature or listening to a couple of trolls have it out, I contemplate leaving. But sometimes the chance to talk about something meaningful comes along, and it makes me want to stay again.Today I had a chance to talk about Lucid Dreaming, which is something that I've

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-90900583644059505442007-09-23T17:51:00.000-07:002007-12-29T11:30:58.196-08:00

Think of this the next time you see a beautiful shooting star streaking across a clear night sky.

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-44893783360729861312007-09-13T07:43:00.000-07:002007-09-15T19:36:23.399-07:00

The Rational Response Squad has had it's youtube account suspended. This is likely over what was said in this video (re-uploaded onto my own channel):It's important not to try to speculate too much. In the mean time you can catch them on Revver, or, on their homepage. Let's lend them the support they deserve!

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-3449249956763528632007-09-12T14:34:00.000-07:002007-09-12T15:13:47.035-07:00

Interesting developments concerning some of my favorite YouTubers.A number or prominent secular vloggers have had false DMCA claims filed against them because of their use of Christian Science Evangelism's video material. For those who aren't in the know, CSE is the creationist business formerly run by Kent Hovind, who is currently serving jail time for evading over $800,000 in taxes, and who

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-12803288584762984582007-09-10T18:43:00.001-07:002007-09-10T18:55:43.280-07:00

One of my new professors (my history professor to be specific) recommended that students keep a journal or logbook or their thoughts regarding the material we cover in class. What better use for this blog?I'll still blog about naturalism, but now I'll have a plethora of other things to talk about as well...once I really get into the meat & potatoes of my new courses that is.

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-34631687217724950862007-09-03T14:07:00.001-07:002007-09-03T14:09:22.589-07:00

Ugh, it's hard to write any decent blog entries during the summertime. Luckily I will be starting University soon (as a Philosophy and History major...yep...two majors), so I'm sure I will have lots to write about.I was just watching this guy's videos. You should do so as well.

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-38269606372328543542007-06-27T14:09:00.000-07:002007-06-27T14:10:48.918-07:00

I think I've decided on a title. Simply, "Beyond Belief."It's short, simple, and conveys what I want it to.Now that that's out of the way I can get started on the real meat and potatoes!

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-29716567231701330992007-06-24T17:49:00.000-07:002007-06-24T18:00:52.562-07:00

Here is a new name for my blog, "The Uncertainty Principle."I'm not sure that I'll stick with this name but I'll keep it for now, if only because I am uncertain as to whether or not to keep it, and the very title itself seems to reflect that.Those of you who know me will know that although I can get a bit passionate when it comes to debating my ideas, I will still admit when I'm uncertain or

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-72506776823247279842007-06-21T18:23:00.000-07:002007-06-22T16:34:42.147-07:00

I need a name for my new blog, something catchy and smart-sounding. Something that carries the connotation I mean to convey within my content.Actually, I like the sound of "Josh's Blog," and I think it would make a nice title if this were intended as a journal or a diary, but the point of this blog is to write about the same sorts of things I wrote about in my previous blog, except to write them

Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299166781719070164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718883574969165729.post-8018049286878493092007-06-19T13:59:00.000-07:002007-06-19T14:31:18.458-07:00

Alas, all good things (and some bad things) must come to an end. It is in this spirit that I am ending the operations of my former blog (because I feel it was somewhat terrible rather than good), and beginning this new one.So, a hardy welcome goes out to anyone who happens to stumble upon my these new efforts of mine at blogging. I hope to provide more thoughtful, more grammatically correct and

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